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  • 5:53 AM

    Queen's Goodnight

    William Byrd

    Four Temperaments - Byrd, Ferrabosco, Parsons, Tallis

    Phantasm

    5:25
  • 5:50 AM

    Sourisse Vocal Ensemble

    Jean Sourisse, conductor

    2:18
  • 5:36 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 5:07 AM

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion

    Jamey Haddad, percussion

    Cyro Baptista, percussion

    28:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 4:15 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    20:40
  • 4:14 AM

    Baiba Skride, violin

    Lauma Skride, piano

    21:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Les Larmes de Jacqueline

    Jacques Offenbach

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    6:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 3:56 AM

    Hymn "Thine are the heavens"

    Josef Rheinberger

    Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

    Phoenix Bach Choir

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    2:21
  • 3:48 AM

    Atlas: Earth Seen from Above

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk: Atlas

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    7:36
  • 3:15 AM

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    31:45
  • 3:07 AM

    The Wemyss Lute Book (1)

    Anonymous

    Highland King

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    6:10
  • 3:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 2:43 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Serenade In F Major

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Elgar: Piano Quintets

    Takacs Quartet

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    27:44
  • 2:10 AM

    36 Greek Dances: Kritikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Greek Divertissement

    Philippe Gaubert

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    Claudi Arimany, flute

    3:58
  • 2:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 1:55 AM

    Tundra

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:31
  • 1:52 AM

    Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)

    Traditional Icelandic

    Winter Tales

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:38
  • 1:30 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Ernest Bloch

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    20:15
  • 1:07 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    21:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Flute Recital

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    4:40
  • 12:41 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Reste Romane

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    17:16
  • 12:31 AM

    My Desert, My Rose

    Aleksandra Vrebalov

    Wooden Bodies

    Malva String Quartet

    7:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 11:34 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Bronze Horseman/Horn Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    23:49
  • 11:27 PM

    Prelude and Scherzo

    Henri Busser

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:42
  • 11:23 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 11:06 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:46 PM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:53
  • 10:40 PM

    Impromptu

    Hugo Reinhold

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    6:06
  • 10:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:14
  • 10:10 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 10:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:01 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 14

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:31
  • 9:48 PM

    Nocturnes: Sirenes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    10:21
  • 9:45 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:48
  • 9:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 9:07 PM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 9:01 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 5:53 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 5:49 PM

    In Paradisum

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Grigorjeva: Nature Morte

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:02
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    David Golub, piano

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    Colin Carr, cello

    28:00
  • 5:10 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:38
  • 5:06 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:40
  • 5:01 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 4:47 PM

    Oboe Quintet No. 2

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    11:55
  • 4:19 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:37
  • 4:13 PM

    The Nightingale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    3:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 4

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 3:39 PM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:07
  • 3:26 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:26
  • 3:23 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    2:01
  • 3:06 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 3:01 PM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Perception: Works by Caplet, Debussy, Schubert and Schumann

    Queens Duo

    4:29
  • 2:54 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:22
  • 2:50 PM

    Summer Moon

    Florence Price

    Solem Quartet

    3:10
  • 2:28 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:46
  • 2:13 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Sunflower Polka-Mazurka (Sonnenblume)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 37

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Pollack, conductor

    5:43
  • 2:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:51 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Redowa

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:45 AM

    Ascent

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:37
  • 11:24 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 11:01 AM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:40
  • 10:40 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 10:24 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Lotti

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:45
  • 10:12 AM

    The Messenger

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:27
  • 10:06 AM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Messages to Myself: Rumi

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:43 AM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 9:37 AM

    Suite for Oboe and Harp

    William Alwyn

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    Lucy Wakeford, harp

    5:45
  • 9:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    23:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    5:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Ketil Bjornstad

    Rainbow Sessions

    Ketil Bjornstad, piano

    4:37
  • 8:55 AM

    Andantino

    Florent Schmitt

    French Music for Clarinet and Piano

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    3:18
  • 8:45 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:06
  • 8:07 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    36:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 2

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:55 AM

    Ellis Island

    Meredith Monk

    Ursula Oppens, piano

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    3:01
  • 7:17 AM

    Symphony

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    37:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Elegiac Trio

    Arnold Bax

    Debussy, Ravel, Bax

    Megan Meisenbach, flute

    9:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Giovanni Fontana

    John Holloway, violin

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:31
  • 6:51 AM

    The Falconer's Bride Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:45
  • 6:10 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    38:34
  • 6:06 AM

    La Cinquantiane (The Golden Wedding)

    Gabriel Marie

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    3:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Dario Castello

    Verso Venezia - Sonate & Canzoni

    Pallade Musica

    4:40